CHICAGO (WLS) -- Platform tennis is one of the fastest growing sports in the Chicago area. It is also one of the most injury-prone, according to a new national survey, which sent serious warnings to ...

As the Platform Tennis National Championships head to Westchester, we talk to the country’s top player to learn about this homegrown sport. There are two types of Westchesterites: people who have ...

Platform tennis is a game of finesse, “the chess of racquet sports,” says St. Louis men’s league commissioner Bob Curtis. It was invented more than a century ago for those who wanted to keep their ...

While most tennis enthusiasts head inside, or south to warmer climes, when the temperatures turn cold, platform tennis aficionados follow the Yankee dictates of embracing winter, no matter how low the ...

BRONXVILLE – To put into perspective what platform tennis means to Mark Parsons, consider this: Parsons spent six years training at the IMG Academy in Florida for regular tennis. That paid off with a ...

WEBVTT BACK TO YOU. A NEW SPORT IS TAKING THE WEB -- THE AREA BY STORM. IT'S CALLED PLATFORM TENNIS, AND FOR THE PLAYERS, THE COLDER IT IS, THE BETTER. KMBC 9'S KAREN KORNACKI EXPLAINS. THIS IS THE ...

For most of the racket-wielding world, the first fallen leaf of autumn is a signal to pack away the sunscreen and retreat to the halogen-lit refuge of indoor courts. But for a growing stratum of a ...

Now that construction is underway on Wilmette’s first ever platform tennis courts, the park district is encouraging all residents from ages 5 and older to sign up for lessons, said village officials. ...

Who says playing tennis is limited to when it's warm and dry outside? Don't tell that to Alison Morgan and Laura Berendt. They can share stories about getting drenched in the rain or walking onto the ...